✈Grassroots campaign for policies to encourage more airlines to connect Canadian cities & more int'l passengers to transit through Canadian airport hubs
from Sea to Sea to Sea, Canada
Joined June 2013
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WATCH: ~3,870,000 PASSENGERS ARE IN REFUND LIMBO!
Air Canada alone holds $2.3B advance tkt sales; @AirPassRightsCA estimates ~$3.87B of consumer cash being held hostage sector-wide
GREAT questions by #CPC MP @DougShipleyBSOM at #TRAN @HoCCommittees #covid19 impact on #aviation
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VIDEO: Transport Minister (@stevenmackinnon) answers questions of MP Dan Albas (@DanAlbas) , CPC Shadow Minister, on air passenger complaints
youtube.com/watch?v=W_EggfUp…
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I heard someone say once,
"The truth will set you free, but not before it royally pisses you off."
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Ottawa built the henhouse. Now it's hiring the fox. Airline-picked judges to decide your complaints.
youtube.com/watch?v=B5zr0ixa…
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WATCH: ~3,870,000 PASSENGERS ARE IN REFUND LIMBO!
Air Canada alone holds $2.3B advance tkt sales; @AirPassRightsCA estimates ~$3.87B of consumer cash being held hostage sector-wide
GREAT questions by #CPC MP @DougShipleyBSOM at #TRAN @HoCCommittees #covid19 impact on #aviation
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Ottawa pressed regulator to give airlines a break on passenger compensation, records show
theglobeandmail.com/business…
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Minister Anita Anand and Transport Canada officials have been acting as the mouthpiece for the airlines, CBC investigation finds
cbc.ca/news/gopublic/cta-low…
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I’m done with WestJet.
I’ve had their credit card since it came out.
Last week, they billed me $400 to cancel a flight purchased on points, just to get the points back.
Now we have to pay extra for legroom?!
I’m 6’4. After this year, never going to fly WestJet
We need to remove Canadian cabotage laws & foreign ownership restrictions.
More competition means lower prices, better service, and overall a better outcome for Canadians.
Our laws are old, archaic and protect these companies from consequences of ridiculous actions.
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@JohnnyJet here is a new policy by @AirCanada if you don’t select your seat when buying the ticket. My luck they would separate my wife and I and we would have to pay extra to sit together – at St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
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Checking in for an @AirCanada trip tomorrow. They now charge $25-35 to just select a different seat. Not a preferred seat, not advanced seat selection. Just a seat change upon checkin. Their VP of Enshittification of Travel hard at work.
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Airlines will now be required to give automatic cash refunds for canceled and delayed flights (United States) bit.ly/3QlUIij
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Airline Passengers Score Two Major Victories Following Two DOT Final Rules, Reports FlyersRights prnewswire.com/news-releases…
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What You Need to Know About Your New Refund Rights flyersrights.org/f/what-you-… via @flyersrights
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Huge victory for passengers’ refund rights! Refunds automatic if airline cancels or changes your flight times by more than 3 hours unless you affirmatively agree to the changes.
Vouchers for COVID cancellations extended to 2025.
FlyersRights.org
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Well. @AirCanada left my chair in Toronto. I’m now without my essential equipment. Independence taken away. I’m furious. Unacceptable. #RightsOnFlights
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#Bitcoin was $400 CAD when Trudeau became Prime Minister.
Trudeau says it’s irresponsible to advocate Canadians opt out of inflation with Bitcoin.
BTC is now $28,000 CAD, a 70X increase.
A 0.5% allocation to BTC would have protected you from Trudeau’s irresponsible leadership.
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✈️🇨🇦 Canada's air passenger protection regime is broken.
Together we can fix it.
Check out our proposals: ⬇️
docs.airpassengerrights.ca/C…
#cdnpoli #Travel #flights #flightdelay #ConsumerProtection
ALT Strengthening Canada's Air Passenger Protection Regulations - Joint Submissions to the Canadian Transportation Agency by Air Passenger Rights, Public Interest Advocacy Centre, and Marina Pavlovic (cover page).
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For the past 15 years, we have been advocating for harmonizing Canada's passenger protection regime with the European Union's gold standard.
What are your thoughts, @MichelleRempel?
docs.airpassengerrights.ca/P…
I get to the airport only to find out, ONCE AGAIN, that my @aircanada flight is "at risk of cancellation." What does that even mean? They didn't sell enough tickets so they're just going to cancel? Liberals have to take action on the continual lack of service.
WestJet has a gr8 origin story & we're glad to have @MorePlaneChoice, but check your VERY privileged position: part of a cartel that fights democratization of @AirPassRightsCA at every turn. And since you want off that cover, what is your & @AHoensbroech's position on #cabotage?
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Due to public demand, we prepared both layouts in both colours.
Please consider printing a few copies and handing them out to fellow passengers when you travel next time.
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Fed up with how the airlines treat you?
Sign and share the petition in support of Bill C-327:
petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/P…
The Strengthening Air Passenger Protections Act (Bill C-327), introduced by @taylorbachrach, is endorsed by @AirPassRightsCA, @CanadaPIAC, and @OptionConso.
ALT Petition to the Government of Canada Whereas: * Canada's air passenger protection regime continues to fall short of the standards set in other jurisdictions, such as the European Union; * The Canadian Transportation Agency has a growing backlog of over 42,000 complaints from air passengers as of March 20, 2023; * The Minister of Transport has acknowledged that Canada's Air Passenger Protection Regulations are not sufficiently protecting Canadian air passengers; and * Bill C-327 was drafted in collaboration with leading consumer advocacy groups, addressing their major legislative recommendations to protect Canadian air passengers. We, the undersigned, Residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to immediately introduce a government bill reflecting the entirety of Bill C-327, the Strengthening Air Passenger Protections Act, and prioritize its swift passage into law.